All Stories from August 14, 2012 (Change date)
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Fire department says recreational fires OKAug 14, 2012 12:54 pm - The Geneva Fire Department has lifted its ban on recreational fires, saying enough rain has fallen the past two weeks to green up vegetation enough that fire risk is red...
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LZ’s Drago drums up a baseball future at IllinoisAug 14, 2012 12:33 pm - The pitches come at him a little faster these days, and he still whistles them. These aren’t the hanging breaking balls that grandma used to toss. “She (threw) more of a...
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Tractor lease to save DuPage Forest Preserve District moneyAug 14, 2012 12:17 pm - DuPage forest preserve officials Tuesday approved an agreement with agricultural-machinery manufacturer Case IH to lease roughly $200,000 worth of equipment for $1 a yea...
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Vintage Transport Extravaganza now in its 22nd yearAug 14, 2012 12:14 pm - Just as Detroit is known for its automobile industry, Chicago has a rich railroading past and is still known the world over for our passenger and freight trains. It is o...
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Better system for picking U.S. Ryder Cup teamAug 14, 2012 12:04 pm - The first phase to determine who will be playing in next month’s Ryder Cup matches at Medinah is over. Point standings, accumulated over two years, determined the eight ...
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Village censures trustee for outburst at Taste of RoselleAug 14, 2012 12:00 pm - The Roselle village board has censured Trustee Terrance Wittman for his heated public argument with the head of the Taste of Roselle Commission early this month during t...
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Lombard mayor Mueller fighting cancer, West Nile virusAug 14, 2012 12:00 pm - Lombard Village President Bill Mueller, who has been hospitalized since Aug. 5 battling cancer, now is also fighting West Nile virus, a village spokeswoman said. Mueller...
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When does school start for you?Aug 14, 2012 11:46 am - LAKE COUNTY Antioch Elementary Dist. 34: Aug. 21. Antioch-Lake Villa Area High School Dist. 117: Aug. 16 Aptakisic-Tripp Elementary Dist. 102: Aug. 23 Barrington Ar...
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Cross: “Let us out” of Springfield only when pension deal is doneAug 14, 2012 11:30 am - Nothing short of a “catastrophic event” is likely to convince state leaders to come together and solve the state’s pension problems, House Republican Leader Tom Cross sa...
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Retail sales gain sends U.S. stocks higherAug 14, 2012 11:29 am - NEW YORK — Stocks moved higher Tuesday after a surprising gain in retail sales in July provided more evidence that American shoppers are still spending even as their cou...